1966 British 3-Wheeler Chris Vincent Sidecar - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article For Sale

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1966 British 3-Wheeler Chris Vincent Sidecar - 2-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, vintage magazine article.Page Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm) each pageCondition: Good
NEW BRITISH 3-WHEELERBritish Sidecar Ace Chris Vincent Unveils UniqueBMW-Powered Outfit for 1966 Sidecar ClassReport and PhotosCourtesy Motor Cycle NewsHRIS Vincent, Britain’s leadingsidecar racer, has unveiled a sensa-tional new international three-wheeler.The 31-year-old Birmingham racingman, who won the 1962 Sidecar TTrace on a 500 BSA, and who has domi-nated the national sidecar scene on hisvery swift 650 BSA machines for thepast six years, has adopted a numberof ideas from the car racing worldfor his latest project.It has a steering wheel, a 500ccBMW engine driving Mini front wheels,and one wheel at the back. The pass-enger lies flat on a glass-fibre deck.The driver reclines in a chair, his leftshoulder near the back wheel.The Flying Deckchair is far fromcomplete, but Chris Vincent has madegood progress in little more than sixweeks. He began his new project soonafter visiting the Racing Car Show atOlympia. Thanks to Cassius, a lively18-month-old Alsation dog, the master’ssecret has been well guarded!A winter association with car racingtypes sparked off the fascinating 500ccinternational three-wheeler Chris isbusy completing in Birmingham. Ru-mors have been rife for weeks. Nowthe secret is out.His ex-Scheidegger BMW Rennsportengine, with new flywheel and car-typeclutch, is coupled, via a flanged plate,to an inverted Hewland six-speed gear-box with limited-slip differential. Thepower pack sits in the front of a tubu-lar space frame, of Reynolds “531\"tubing, with the cylinders ahead of thefront wheels.A manual left-hand gear lever willbe used, with foot clutch, brake andaccelerator pedals on the right of theengine-gearbox unit. On Snettertongearing. Chris estimates a 120 mph topspeed for his debut, at Easter.One advantage of the robust Hew-land close-ratio box, normally seenpoking from the back of Formula IIcars, is the availability of a wide choiceof ratios for different circuits. Needlebearings are fitted thruout.Magnesium alloy front wheels (10 in.x 5.00), with Mini-Cooper disc brakes,are driven thru Metalastic flexiblecouplings. These couplings (known as“doughnuts” in racing car circles) arealso fitted to Hillman Imps.Unequal wishbone suspension, withanti-dive design for the lower wish-bones, incorporate Vincent’s own ideas.The rear arms of the lower wishbonesare pivoted normally but the otherthree pivots (each side) are flexible,being mounted on Rose all-steel balljoints.Rack and pinion steering (not fin-ished when the pictures were taken)will be controlled by an eight-inch(Continued on Page 40)PAIR of Mini wheels are at front withsingle wheel at rear. Passenger lies flaton fiberglass deck, with driver reclinedwith left shoulder near back wheel.ENGINE is ex-Scheidegger BMW Renn-sport 500cc model, with new flywheel,car-type clutch coupled to inverted Hew-land 6-speed gearbox.POWER pack sits in front of tubularspace frame, of Reynolds 531 tubing,with cylinders ahead of front wheels.Disc brakes are used on front wheels.15486

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